Dashboard-lamp cap



z-opening l1 and through the end 15 of the cap Patented den. 2, i923.

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pplicetion filed September 8,1921. Serial K0. 499,277.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it knownthat I, Nuns B. LUNDAHL, a citizen of the l'liiited States, residing at Berwyn, in the county of C(iok and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in' Dashboard-Lamp (laps, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in lamp caps, particularly adapted though not necessarily limited in its use for dash board lamps of notor vehicles, and one of the ob jccts of the invention is to provide a cap of this character which will present an artistic and pleasing appearance and which will at the same time direct the rays of light from the larnpupon the object or objects in proximity thereto.

To the attainment of theseends and the accomplishment of other new and useful objects as will appear, theinvention consists in the features oil-novelty, in substantially the cong-ztruct on, combination and arrangement oitliesei'eral arts hereinafter more fully desoigiliedand c armed and shown in the ac- "c p sing aw n illustrating this invention end in which Figuie l is a'perspectire View showing the lamp cap in position over a dash hoard lamp.

Figure 2 is a View in side elevation, partly broken away, of the cap and showing the same in position upon the lamp.

Figure 3 is a sectional view on line 3- -3, Figure 2.

5 Figure 4: is an elevation showing the unobstruct'ed opening for the light rays Referring more particularly to the draw- 'ing the numeral 10 designates generally the cap or body portion which may be of any de- "sired size and-configuration and constructed of any-suitable material. The body portion '-.is provided through one of its walls with an i unobstructed opening 11, which may he of any desired size and configuration and is so arranged that when the'cap is in positionthe rays from the dash hoard lamp 12 will be directed through the opening 11 and. upon the instrument or object 13. r A portion of the body'of the cap is of a spring-like construction and to that end there may be provided a slot 1%, which preferably extends from the so that when the cap 10 is placed in position Q upon the base 16 of the lam 12, the spring portion of the cap will yiel so astopermit 1 the cop'to be frictionally held in position so artistic efiect.

desired number of openings 18 therethrough,

which may be of any desired size and configuration and may be arranged in any ma n ner through and about the body. Each of these openings 18 is provided with a closure 19 and these closures are of a translucent nature and may if desired be of the same or difierent colors.

The crown 20 of the cap is also provided with an. opening 21 therethrough and this opening 21 is provided with a closure 22 also of a translucent matemal.

With this improved construction it will bev manifest that t e cap may be placed in position over the lamp 12 and readily removed and when in position, the rays of the light will be directed through the unobstructed opening 11 while the translucent portions 1922 will produce a very pleaslng and Obviously the cap may be of any desired shape or configuration and the translucent portions 19 may be arranged in any desired manner either regularly or irregularlyabout the body portion, and it will be manifest that the cap may be readily removed and as readily replaced when desired. The cap is preferably of a standard construction so that it is adapted to be applied to any dash boa-rd lamp. v I

I What is claimed as new is l. A dash board lamp cap embodying a hollow opaque body portion open at one end for receiving a lamp, the openend of the cap being closed by the insertion of the lamp thereinto, said cap having an unobstructed opening through the wall thereof for the light rays, said body also having translucent portions.

2.,A dash board lampcap embodyinga hollow opaque body open at one end, sal cap having transli'cent portions in the body thereof, there being an unobstructed opening through the wall of the cap for the light rays, a portion of the said 0 cent said end will be yieldable.

ening being reduced and extending througx the end 01? the cap whereby a portion of the cap adya- -3. A dash board lamp cap embodying a hollow opaque body open at one end, said cap having translucent portions in the body.

thereof, there'being an unobstructed opening through the wall of the cap for the light rays, a portion of the said opening being reduced and extending through the end of the cap wherebya portion of the cap adjacentsaid end will be yieldable, and a shoulder within the cap adjacent but spaced from the open end to form a stop for positioning the cap upon the lamp.

4. A dash board lamp cap embodying a hood adapted to be placed over a lamp and having an unobstructed opening through the Wall for the light rays, the wall of the hood between the end of said opening and the extremity of the hood being split for frictionally and removahly securing the hood in position, there being one or more additional openings through the wall of the hood, and translucent elements extending across the said additional openings.

5. A dash board lamp cap embodying a hood adapted to be placed over a lamp and having an unobstructed opening through the Wallfor the light rays, the Wall of the hood between the end of the said opening and the extremity of the hood being split for firm tionally and rcmovably securing the hood in position a stop carried by the cap for positioning the cap with res rcct to the lamp, there being one or more additional openings through the Wall of the hood, and translucent elements fitting within the said additional openings.

6. A dash board lamp cap embodying a hoodadapted to be placed over a lamp and having an unobstructed opening through the wall for the light rays, a portion of the hood being of a spring like formation for removably securing the hood in position, the inner Wall of the hood adjacent the spring like portion being reduced to form ashoulder for positioning the cap, there being one or more additional openings through the Wall of the hood, and translucent elements fitting Within the said additional openings.

In testimony whereof I have signed In name to this specification, on this 3rd day of September, A. D. 1921.

NELS B. LUNDATIL.

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